What should i upgrade?

Enxa · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:11

Sorry if this is the wrong section of the forums, i am new

I am looking into upgrading my computer but i am not sure how.

At the moment i only have roughly £250 - 300 (yes i know i won't get much for this price)

My Specs:
AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9 GHz
Sapphire ATI Radeon 5670 1GB GDDR5
3 GB DDR3 RAM
M2N68-LA (Narra6) Motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium
LG 30" Monitor
Technika 23" Monitor
Razer Naga
Logitech G110

I want to be able to play games like MW3, Skyrim and GTA IV on Max.
I can already play WoW on Max but get ranges of 15 - 30 fps

I was thinking of buying a new graphics card, but what should i do?
Should i buy a new motherboard (one with 2x gpu slots) and buy another 5xxx card?
Or should i buy a 6970/460 etc
If i bought a Nvidia card, is it compatible with my motherboard? I can use Nvidia gpu and amd cpu, right? :S
Also could anyone recommend a cheap case that has a clear panel on the side, thanks

Could anyone recommend a motherboard that has 8gb+ Ram and 2 x gpu slots

Sorry if this is very vague but i am not really sure what to do

Thanks

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:15

what psu are you running on the system ?

Enxa · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:21

oh, sorry. It's the default 300w, definitely need to upgrade that. I am very lucky my current gpu can run on it.

numatic.nathan · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:22

First off a new GPU, get a GTX560 for around £150 and get 8GB RAM for about £36 and a CPU cooler, OC CPU then when you get more money get a new mobo and CPU

You're gonna need a new PSU as well, OCZ have some decent cheapish ones

Enxa · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:24

numatic.nathan said:
First off a new GPU, get a GTX560 for around £150 and get 8GB RAM for about £36 and a CPU cooler, OC CPU then when you get more money get a new mobo and CPU

You're gonna need a new PSU as well, OCZ have some decent cheapish ones

Ok but i will need a new motherboard because my current only supports 4gb of Ram.

So i will need a new motherboard before i buy the 8gb ram.
Which would be a good but cheap motherboard?

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:34

what case do you have as the new graphics cards can be a decent size.

Enxa · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:40

mp260767 said:
what case do you have as the new graphics cards can be a decent size.

i have this PC with a custom GPU
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...egory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4325519#N157

Enxa · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:40

Mid Size ATX Case
Height: 38.40 cm (15.12 inches)
Width: 16.58 cm (6.53 inches)
Length: 42.9 cm (16.89 inches)

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 14:23

mm being as its an hp you might have a problem as i think they tend to have non specific sizes for mobo's , psu's so when trying to update things it can be difficult, hopefully someone can clairfy that.